The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Roscoea

The genus Roscoea is in the family Zingiberaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Roscoea

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Roscoea alpina Royle Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea auriculata K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea australis Cowley Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea bhutanica Ngamr. Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea brandisii (King ex Baker) K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea cangshanensis M.H.Luo, X.F.Gao & H.H.Lin Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea capitata Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea cautleyoides Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea debilis Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea forrestii Cowley Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea ganeshensis Cowley & W.J.Baker Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea humeana Balf.f. & W.W.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea kunmingensis S.Q.Tong Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea nepalensis Cowley Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea ngainoi A.A.Mao & Bhaumik Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea praecox K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea purpurea Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea schneideriana (Loes.) Cowley Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea scillifolia (Gagnep.) Cowley Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea tibetica Batalin Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea tumjensis Cowley Accepted H WCSP
Roscoea wardii Cowley Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 42 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Roscoea. Of these 22 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 41 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Roscoea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 42 species names for the genus Roscoea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 22 52.4%
Synonym 19 45.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 1 2.4%

All names

The status of the 83 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Roscoea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 24 28.9%
Synonym 58 69.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 1 1.2%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 42 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Roscoea, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 22 19 0 0 41 97.6%
Medium confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Low confidence 0 0 0 1 1 2.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Roscoea, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
WCSP 22 19 0 0 0 41 97.6%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.4%